The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-01

debt. a,.i this farmers mortgage i
trr. to every state. county municipal
corporate AMI private 4 hi IN tn
United states
However. there ii another eig~s II
persons whn will look nj these ina :
ters rt;ire differently.
T'linse who bod the bond. and
mort -ag@s .viirnt!. regard Ill" mt
ter til 4 srritabic rirLic.
For isist.nra. THE holder nf sie1.0he
Of these bonds says Id himself:
Twenty YEAR. .-o this bond wa-
worth only Il ffH tns'.els of wheat
! which those poor devils of farmers.
ont west have been raising: but tn
day it IL worth ifG.Gai Jewhi!ikinS..
How iny bond has grown? Al
though have gathered III i hig crop
of wheat every year in tie s'ane III
interest. this very bond will bny fonr
times n much wheat rs II would
twenty years ago. Cast Try bread
upon the waters. oil. bond Siirlo-k
and in due time it shall he returned
10 thee four loayes for one. Wi,ooi
EN- MP. Pulitzer. and make 'cin pay
% per cent more By that hones.-do!-
lar dodge of yours. Tie racket is a
good one. Subscribe for the World.
Send its subscription list mp to ;oo.-
000. Double the list. for thereby PER-
haps the yalie'of my bond may be
doubled-'
! Thus, also. spec,llates the holder
of the $1,000 mortgage on tIe little
western farm,
MY mortgage" says he twenty
years ago was worth only TIC bush
els Of wheat: bu. now It ii worth l.
GGG bushels. Hooray for the New
. York World. can afford to s,lb-
scribe for it, 80 long - it, di.tilgE-
ished editor will advocate the idea of
honest dollars that will add - per
cent more to my 1906 busllel mort
gage.
1t is possible that the Worlds go
600 subscribers are made up largely
Of the class above mentioned: ii SO.
it is no wonder that ii advocates the
idea of increasing the size of the
debt-paying silver dollar The pur-
chasing power of this self-sama dol
lar has already been nearly doubled.
and % per cent more will not amount
to very much difference. 1t is some
thing. to be sure. considering how
hard it is for the farmer TO pay inter
est on his mortgage. let alone the
principal, when wheat is only GO cents
per bushel But. the man who holds
the mortgage can stand it first rate. !"
1t don't worry him at all. He has
nothing to do but read the World and
throw up his hat for the honest dol
lar"
Now, here is glorious orportun-
ity for the World To win golden
medal--or an inglorious opportunity
of winning one of leather.
If it will carefully study the phase
of the question which ii here pre-
scented and retract it, demand for
what II calls al honest dollar
but which i'm fact would be an in
famously dishonest dcliar-ir can
win 4 gold medal Of esteem from
debt-cursed people worth far more
to it than the fact that ii has attain,
ed The largest circulation Of any
paper in America" For the honest
and frank acknowledgement Of error
is the grandest thing that Il man or
a newspaper can do-and always
wins the most priceless medal in the
estimation of mankind.
However if the World persists in
its unwise. unjust. uncomfortable
demand for an enlargement of the
present debt-paying standard silver
dollar, under the false and dishonest
cry of an honest dollar" then it will
Dt tIltltissl III tttIeT q DIoEEll
for its dishonesty, or Ii leather medal
for IFS ignorance.
OF course, the World will not un-
dertake TO explain these facts and
figures 10 its $50 900 readers: but we
know of at least ESQ papers-each Of
which averages more than 1000 cirea-
lation- which will repubIish this arti-
Gle. In that way the mischief which
the World is doing can be not only
undone; but ii can be made t, wish
that ii had never been foolish enough
to send ont solid silver medals where
on is stamped the infamous sugges
ton Of adding q per cent to tie re-
sent obligations of debt cursed ma
fian --f('taiaarr4 Saatis,al